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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century ...
Baillie-Gifford award-winner Serhii Plokhy's illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters
In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into ...
'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times
'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
How did the People's Republic ...
An accomplished Oxford scholar delivers a dynamic new history covering the last chapter of the emperor's life-from his defeat in Russia and the drama ...
An inventive translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan
'By the Power of Eternal Heaven; By the ...
The myths we all love from Stephen Fry's bestselling Mythos now return in a brand new and achingly beautiful illustrated edition
The Greek myths ...
The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of these legends hold up ...
We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times-but often our understanding of these ...
A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh ...
A SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A majestic, sparkling account of one of the most important rulers in ...
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES
A gripping new history of the making of England ...
A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras.
Mystery cults are ...
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022
'Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight' Times
'One of the liveliest commentators in Britain, always ...
A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed ...
A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of 2022
'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' - Spectator
'A fresh way to write history' - Alan Johnson
'A quirky, amused, erudite ...